Taraba: PDP reaping from years of impunity and recklessness – APC

In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . .

All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, said the judgement of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday, suggests that the PDP has started harvesting the result of its years of impunity and recklessness.

The party also added that the party should be blamed for whatever tragedy has befallen it.

The APC, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed in Lagos, said the PDP has always been a party of anything goes, hence it was a matter of time for the party to come to grief, first by tumbling from the pinnacle of power and now by losing, incrementally, whatever remains of its crumbled empire, adding that the PDP was only playing to the gallery by attributing the judgement to a supposed manipulation from the Presidency.

“President Muhammadu Buhari as well as his party, the APC, are strong believers in the rule of law, as against the rule of impunity, hence will never manipulate the judiciary for whatever reason.

“The PDP is clearly aware of this, but has chosen to blame everyone but itself for the fate that has befallen it. The PDP should have known that it will pay for its years of impunity and recklessness. For this party, the chicken has now come home to roost,” APC said.

According to the APC, if the PDP is not blaming the judiciary, its favourite whipping boy, it is blaming the APC, the Presidency or even Nigerians for its plight, warning it to stop shifting responsibility.

“PDP should leave the judiciary, the Presidency and the APC alone and accept responsibility for its actions. From the judgement of the Tribunal, it is clear that the impunity of the PDP cost it the election. Not only did the party breach Section 78 (b) (1) (2) of the Electoral Act concerning the organisation of party primaries, it was not even deemed to have participated in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Taraba State in the eyes of the law

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“Apart from not complying with the Electoral Act, the election of the PDP candidate, Mr. Darius Ishaku, in the purported primaries in Abuja, was done after the stipulated time for party primaries had elapsed, according to the Tribunal. It is thus clear that the election result in Taraba was not annulled for any other reason but the impunity and recklessness that permeated the life and times of the cadaverous PDP.

“It is noteworthy that this is not the first time the court is ruling against PDP’s impunity of violating its own constitutional provisions and the Electoral Act with regards to ensuring internal democracy in the conduct of primary elections.” it said.

The party added that the PDP should blame itself for its gross impunity in the conduct of primary elections for Taraba State.

“For instance, if all political parties, including the APC which was then in opposition, could hold their primaries in the state, why would the PDP that was in control of the State Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitution”, the APC asked.

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